Iraq's Tal Afar refugees recount plight

Iraqi forces are facing fierce resistance from ISIL fighters in Ayadiyah district, north of Tal Afar, a strategic city which the government has claimed to have taken control over from the group.

Wed Aug 30 2017 14:34:43 GMT+0000

Iraqi forces are facing fierce resistance from fighters from the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL, also known as ISIS) group in the Ayadiyah district, north of Tal Afar, a strategic city that the government has claimed to have taken control over from ISIL. Security sources say hundreds of fighters are making their last stand.

Meanwhile, thousands of displaced civilians from Tal Afar are being sent to a new refugee camp in the historic Nimrud district.